LONESOME OLD TOWN 

Well here I stand on this high ground
Looking out over this great big town
Searching for love that didn't treat me right
It's a lonesome old town tonight
I'm passin' through I'm not here to stay
A friend he told me that she came this way
He said that he saw her by the neon lights
It's a lonesome old town tonight
I see people walkin' and drivin' their cars
They're too far away for me to see who they are
I'm gonna go down so they will be in sight
It's a lonesome old town tonight
Well here I stand on this high ground
Looking for my baby but she can't be found
The stars are out and the moon is bright
It's a lonesome old town tonight
I'm passin' through I'm not here to stay...
Well here I stand on this high ground...
It's a lonesome old town tonight

LONESOME VALLEY 

You gotta walk that lonesome valley, and you gotta walk, walk it by yourself
Nobody else can walk it for you
You gotta walk, walk it by yourself.
Jesus walked this lonesome valley and he had to walk it by Himself
Nobody else could walk it for Him, He had to walk, walk it by Himself.
Oh, you gotta walk that lonesome valley, Oh, you gotta go there by yourself
Nobody else can walk it for you, you gotta walk, walk it by yourself.
You must go and stand your trials, you have to stand it by yourself
Nobody else can stand it for you, you have to standit by yourself.
Oh, you gotta walk that lonesome valley, Oh, you gotta walk it by yourself
Nobody else is gonna walk it for you, You gotta walk, walk it by yourself.
Some folks say that old John was a Baptist, some folks say he was a Jew
But the Bible claim, it plainly tells us that old Johnny was a preacher, too.
Oh, you gotta walk that lonesome valley, Yeah, you gotta walk it by yourself
Nobody else is gonna walk it for you, You gotta walk, walk it by yourself.
You gotta walk that lonesome valley. You gotta walk it by yourself
Nobody else is gonna walk it for you
You gotta walk, walk it by yourself...

LONG AS WE'RE DREAMING 

Long as we're dreaming like this wonderful
Filled with true love and warm sunshine
Each way we look we see rainbow
My heart is yours and yours is mine
Each way we turn we turn to happiness
In a world where we don't stand alone
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
When we wake up love will be gone
Long as we're dreaming birds are singing
Beside us there the grass is green
Each way we look we see ending
They know our love is pure and clean
Each way we turn we see a baby
In years to come he'll soon be grown
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
When we wake up love will be gone

LONG TIME TO FORGET 

It will take a long time to forget you, my dear
A long, long time I'll regret you're not here
A long time remembering when I had you so near
It will take a long time to forget.

There's a lot of people out a-walkin' tonight
Thinkin' about arms that held 'em so tight
Memories keep a-comin' in sight
Take a long, long time to forget.

It will take a long time to forget you, my dear
A long, long time I'll regret you're not here
A long time remembering when I had you so near
It will take a long time to forget.

--- Instrumental ---

I know a young fellow that lived down the street
He had a good woman everything was complete
He was understandin' yes, she was so sweet
It took a long, long time to forget.

It takes a long, long time to forget you, my dear
A long, long time I'll regret you're not here
A long time remembering when I had you so near
It will take a long time to forget.

--- Instrumental ---

Now there's an old sayin' you're as old as you feel
But time waits for no one and it never will
I keep a-wantin' and lovin' you still
It takes a long, long time to forget.

It take a long, long time to forget you, my dear
A long, long time I'll regret you're not here
A long time remembering when I had you so near
It will take a long time to forget.

It will take a long time to forget.
It will take a long time to forget...

LOOKING BACK TO SEE 

I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see
If I was looking back to see if you were looking back at me
You were cute as you could be standin' looking back at me
And it was plain to see that I'd enjoy your company

One Sunday afternoon as I was riding down the street
I met a cute little girl all dressed up so sweet
And the way that she was stacked I wish I'd've had a Cadillac
For who would notice me just drivin' this model T
I was looking back to see...

Listen baby now it's okay with me
Cause in your model T you're as cute as you can be
If you'll take me for a ride I will set close by your side
And I will guarantee we'll have fun man alive
I was looking back to see...

Oh me oh me oh gee oh gee
Perhaps you'd notice me if I wadn't drivin' this model T
I was looking back to see...

LOOKING FOR MY FEEL GOOD 

Well, my heart ain't had nothin' since you left but the
feel bad
When you left I lost my feel good like you knew I would
Well, when you left me sittin' here a-cryin' like you
knew you could
And had me a-runnin' all over lookin' for my feel good.

Each night I paint the town until it closes
'Cause there's no love that waits for me at home.
I lie with all my friends to keep from cryin'
But they all know my feel good is gone.

Well, my heart ain't had nothin' since you left but the
feel bad
When you left I lost my feel good like you knew I would
Well, when you left me sittin' here a-cryin' like you
knew you could
And had me a-runnin' all over lookin' for my feel good.

--- Instrumental ---

When a hearts been used to maming one another
It's hard to learn to love each day alone
Well, it looks like I ain't gonna find my feel good
Till you change your mind and bring it back home.

Well, my heart ain't had nothin' since you left but the
feel bad
When you left I lost my feel good like you knew I would
Well, when you left me sittin' here a-cryin' like you
knew you could
And had me a-runnin' all over lookin' for my feel good.

And had me a-runnin' all over lookin' for my feel
good...

LORD YOU'VE BEEN MIGHTY GOOD TO ME 

This year the boll weevil, he lives in my cotton
The big river flooded out my corn in the bottom
Talk about a man with troubles I've got 'em.
But you've been mighty good to me.
Lord, you've been mighty good to me.

My barn burned down and it was nearly new
A rat must of knawed the wires in two
But don't get me wrong I'm not fussin' at you.
For you've been mighty good to me.
Lord, you've been mighty good to me.

{Lord, } you've been mighty good to me
You've let me keep my family
To me you never have been rude
You keep my table filled with food.
And I thank you every night and day
'Cause I don't, enough I should say.
Lord, you've been mighty good to me.

My best horse fell and broke both hind legs
What chickens I have they won't lay any eggs
But you know, Lord, I never borrow or beg
For you've been mighty good to me
Lord, you've been mighty good to me.

(Lord, you've been mighty good to me
You've let me keep my family
To me you never have been rude
You keep my table filled with food.)

My best horse fell and broke both hind legs
What chickens I have they won't lay any eggs
But you know, Lord, I never borrow or beg
For you've been mighty good to me
Yes, you've been mighty good to me.

You've been mighty good to me
Lord, you've been mighty good to me...

Note: There are three version with minor differences in each album. With the
Word {Lord} added to in some or missing in some.

LOUISIANA MAN 

At first mom and pap called their little boy Ned
They raised him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my papa and my mama and me.

The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat
At half past papa he's a ready to go
He jumps in his piro headed down the bayou.

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.

Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen
Even got a lady make a muskart's cousin
Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon.

--- Instrumental ---

They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
Frank and Lynn are the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'.

On the river float papa's great big boat
That's how my papa goes into town
He takes every bit of the night and day
Then even reach the place where the people stay.

I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
That's the day my papa takes his fure to town
Papa promised me that I could go
Even let me see a cowboy show.

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my papa gotta go again
Papa said son we got the lines to run
We'll come back again there's work to be done.

--- Instrumental ---

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.

Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man...

LOVE BUG 

Well I was ruling the roost and I had all the chicks to myself
 And then suddenly it happened a funny little feelin' I felt
 Yeah I tried to outrun it but it finally caught up with me
 But how could I run from somethin' that I can't see
 Oh that a little bitty teeny weeny thing called the love bug
 Nobody's ever seen it but it's got the whole world shook up
 It all started with a little bitty kiss and a hug
 It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing called the love bug
 [ guitar ]
 Well I always thought that I had me a pretty good style
 But I lost that race by a good old country mile
 Yeah I was walkin' around with my head held way up high
 And it fooled me hit me really took me by surprise
 Oh that a little bitty teeny...
 It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing called the love bug

LOVE COMING DOWN 

I remember how your eyes used to light up
Over promises that I made
But for the first time in my life
I know now how it feels to be afraid
I don't know what I?d do if you go away
This would sure be one lonely old town
For a man's so busy going up in the world
That he couldn't see love coming down
Love coming down
I remember all the times you told me
Love's all that matters to you
And looking back now, wondering how I believed
I had things more important to do
I can see how I must have looked to you
Like some fool on a merry-go-round
And that a man's so busy going up in the world
That he couldn't see love going down
Love going down
Can't you see how everything I?ve learned
Would just be wasted if you leave me
If you just give one more try
I swear I?ll always be here when you need me
If you can find it in your heart to forgive me
I'll try to keep both my feet on the ground
But if a man's so busy going up in the world
That he couldn't see love coming down
Love coming down